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The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984 and transferred control of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China from the 1st July 1997. This sets the scene for the establishment of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) in Hong Kong, which has been at the heart of the civil unrest in 2019-2020, culminating in the National Security Law on 30 June 2020. In the 25th anniversary year of the handover of Hong Kong, C. L. Lim uses British archival sources to re-examine the Joint Declaration, the negotiations that led up to it, and its resounding significance that continues to the present day. Beginning with Margaret Thatcher's preparations for her Beijing trip, the book takes a chronological approach and offers a valuable, single-volume history of the Joint Declaration. In light of tumultuous current events in Hong Kong, Lim provides a vital, clear explanation of the legal complexities that have underpinned the relationships between China, Hong Kong and Britain since 1979.

Hong Kong (China) --- Constitutional history --- International status. --- Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong --- China --- Great Britain --- History --- Foreign relations --- Constitutional history, Modern --- Constitutional law --- Constitutions --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo cheng fu ho Ta-pu-lieh-tien chi Pei Ai-erh-lan lien ho wang kuo cheng fu kuan yü Hsiang-kang wen tʻi ti lien ho sheng ming --- Dabuliedian ji Bei Ai'erlan lian he wang guo zheng fu he Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo zheng fu guan yu Xianggang qian tu de xie yi cao an --- Declaración conjunta entre la República Popular China y el Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña e Irlanda de Norte sobre el futuro de Hong Kong --- Draft agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the government of the People's Republic of China on the future of Hong Kong --- Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong --- Sino-British Joint Declaration --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo zheng fu he Dabuliedian ji Bei Ai'erlan lian he wang guo zheng fu guan yu Xianggang wen ti de lian he sheng ming --- 中华人民共和国政府和大不列顛及北爱尔兰联合王国政府关于香港问题的联合声明 --- 大不列顚及北愛爾蘭聯合王國政府和中華人民共和國政府關於香港前途的協議草案

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This Cambridge Companion explores the main senses of the term 'international arbitration'; including the arbitration of private commercial disputes, disputes between a State and a foreign investor, disputes between States and also between a State and its parts. It treats these various forms as being inter-related, if not always conceptually, then as a matter of history, rather than as collective victims of imprecise language. The book touches not only on current debates but also more foundational aspects, such as the tension between party autonomy and State authority, and the pacifist roots of modern international arbitration. Thus, it aims to offer a concise survey of the history, the main issues as well as the latest developments in a single, handy volume. It will be an invaluable introduction to the subject for students studying international arbitration, commercial law and international law, and also lawyers and the general reader.

International commercial arbitration. --- Investments, Foreign (International law) --- Arbitration and award.

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This book is about the forces that are reshaping the international law on foreign investment today. It begins by explaining the liberal origins of contemporary investment treaties before addressing a current backlash against these treaties and the device of investment arbitration. The book describes a long-standing legal-intellectual resistance to a neo-liberal global economic agenda, and how tribunals have interpreted various treaty standards instead. It introduces our reader to the changes now taking place in the design of a range of familiar treaty clauses, and it describes how some of these changes are now driven not only by developing and emerging economies but also by the capital-exporting nations. Finally, it explores the life, career and writings of Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, a scholar whose work has been dedicated to the realisation of many of these changes, and his views about the hold global capital has over legal practice.

Investments, Foreign (International law) --- International investment law --- Investment law, International --- International law

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This collection of papers addresses two main themes: firstly, whether there is a distinctively European contribution to or even leadership in the contemporary formation and evolution of international law; secondly, the extent to which non-governmental actors (e.g. NGOs, international organizations, companies, individuals) contribute decisively to the formation of international law at the present time. These issues are explored within a number of different contexts of contemporary significance, in particular: the protection of human and minority rights; protection of the environment; control of transnational organized crime; prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity; the definition of statehood and the right to self-determination; transnational commercial and economic activity. The discussion is firmly located within the theory of international law and relations and also the continuum of international history. Comparisons are drawn with both global and other regional developments to test the hypothesis of a 'European international law'. The work will be of interest to teachers, students and practitioners (legal and otherwise) in the field of international law and relations.

Droit international. --- International law --- International law.

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"The aim of the second edition remains that of the first. We are grateful to our colleagues in the law school teaching profession for adopting the first edition which appeared just less than three years ago. When Cambridge University Press requested a new edition so swiftly we did not hesitate due to the rapid, even clamorous, movements in the field. The second edition is expanded slightly with a new chapter, a new Chapter 7, by Lim and Paparinskis on the arbitrators, not least as the authors feel that it is indispensable to an understanding of present calls for reform of investment arbitration"--

International commercial arbitration. --- Investments, Foreign (International law). --- Investments, Foreign --- Law and legislation. --- Investments, Foreign (International law) --- Investissements étrangers --- Arbitrage commercial international --- Droit international --- Investissements étrangers